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Hungary Plans Nov. 4 Release of Communist-Era Informant Names

The Guardian reported that detailed records for 9,000 people are due in February, after the planned release of names.

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Archival folders sit on a table in a state security records reading room in Budapest, Hungary. / EconoTimes.ai
Archival folders sit on a table in a state security records reading room in Budapest, Hungary. / EconoTimes.ai

The planned November release will disclose names, while detailed records for 9,000 people are scheduled for February, The Guardian reported.

The planned release concerns names. More detailed records for 9,000 people are due in February, according to the Guardian. The report did not say that all detailed files would be published on Nov. 4.

State security operated an informant network from 1945 to 1989 to monitor people and restrict dissent, the Guardian reported. Some informants were blackmailed or coerced into reporting on people they knew, including relatives, friends and colleagues.

Minister Zoltán Tarr wrote on Facebook: “A democratic society has the right to know its past,” the Guardian reported.

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